Written Reviews

Alice Munro: “Post and Beam”

February 1, 2020

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Post and Beam,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Pedro Almodóvar: All About My Mother

January 30, 2020

This week, The Criterion Collection released on of my favorite films, Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother. Here are some of my thoughts.

David Rabe: “Things We Worried About When I Was Ten”

January 29, 2020

This week’s New Yorker story is “Things We Worried About When I Was Ten,” by David Rabe.

Anniversaries Readalong: January 29 – February 4, 1968

January 27, 2020

Come here to talk about Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries, covering January 29 – February 4, 1968.

Mary South: “You Will Never Be Forgotten”

January 20, 2020

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Mary South’s “You Will Never Be Forgotten.”

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